Inner garment.



J. W. APPLETON.

INNER GARMENT.

APPLIOATIOK FILED JAN. 18, 1909.

Patented DEG-7,1909.-

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J. W. APPLETON.

INNER GARMENT.

APPLIOATIONYIILED JAN. 18. 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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em 'STATEQTPA JEANNE WALTER arrn'nron, on NEW YORK, .N'. Y.

INNER GARMENT.

.Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 1s, 1909. sem No. 472,811.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEANNE WALTER Ar- PLETON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Inner Garment, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a garment adapted to be worn directly on thebody, so

as to compress the latter and reduce the lateral contour thereof, whileit may be worn with ease and comfort, it also impart- 7 ing shapelinessto the form and possessing all of the advantages of a corset and drawerswithout the employment of the same.

For the purpose of. explaining the invention, the accompanying drawingillustrates a satisfactory reduction of the same to prac-v tice, but theimportant instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the specific arrangementand organization shownand described.

Figure 1 represents a front view of a gar? resents a rear view thereof.Fig. 3 repreunderstood that the overlapping sections sents a verticalsection thereof. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig. 5represents a front view of the body or upper member of a garmentembodying my inven-' tion. Fig. 6 represents a front view of the legs orlower member of a garment embodying my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings :A desig nates the body of the garment, and'Bdesig-.- nates the legs thereof, said body and leg being formed ofhorizontallysarranged sepa-z rate pieces C of woven rubber elasticwebbing overlapping at D, so as to close the.v joints between the piecesand connected by the stays E, Fon'the sides thereof to preventseparation thereof and opening of said joints without interferin sionand contraction o the material of which the garment is composed, itbeing need not be connected throu bout the length of their overlappedparts, ut only at the points where they are connected by the stays. Thebody A has a vertical opening, preferably in front, for convenience ofapplication to and removal from the body of the wearer, and the legs Bare vertically di.-"

vided, so as to render them easy of being put on and taken off. a

The body A and legs B are normally of less Width than the portion of thebody of the wearer which they are intended to cover, so that they arenecessarily expanded or stretched while being placed in position andthencontractwhen so placed, whereby they conform closely to the form ofthe wearer and compress the body and limbs thereof, this being fortherapeutic purposes, for re ducing the lateral contour of said body andlimbs and for imparting sha eliness to the form. Furthermore, the b0 y Aserves as acorsetand the legs B as drawers, -thus avoiding theemployment of a corset and drawers as such. i

While the garment is made of separate horizontally-extending pieces andtheir pieces yield with the greatest freedom with the motions of thebody, and thus the garment may be worn with ease and comfort.

The front of the body A is provided with stays G and fastening devices Hand the rear thereof with eyelets J and lacings K, for closingandadjusting purposes.

The legs B have vertical stays L on the inner sides thereof and strapsM, the latter being adaptedrito pass around the limbs of the wearer,being provided with suitable fastenmgs so as .;'to* 'adjustably andsecurely close said legs when in position .on the wearer.

When it is desired to wear the body A and with the expanlegs Bindependent of each other, the garment is divided onthe line N, saidbody and legs then being separate of each other,

as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim. as new and desire tosecure by Let- ,fters Patent, is

, 1. 'A garmentof the character stated formed .of separate pieces ofrubber elastic material overlapped with the joints free to expand andcontract, and means for suitably uniting the same. 2. A garment of thecharacter stated comprising a body and legs continuous thereof, saidmembers being formed of separate ieces of rubber elastic webbing, saidpieces being adapted to overlap at their oints, means for connectingsaid ieces without interference with their abillty to expand PatentedDec. '7, 1909.

joints remain closed, as has been stated, said 3. A compose separablefrom eac arment of the character stated of an up r and a lower garmentother and their adjacent (portions overlapped; each garment com- 5, posetheir adjacent edges overlapge tical stays for connecting sa1 andverpleces, leavof separate rubber elastlcdpieces with JEANNE WALTERAPPLETON.

Witnesses:

D. O. WHEARTY, A, W. STRONG.

